The doors of pork-focused pop-up Oink open in east London on 3 July. The self-proclaimed home of ‘Swine Dining’, will take up weekend residency on Shoreditch’s Commercial Street and aims to pay culinary homage to the humble pig. Oink is designed to encourage a communal dining experience, featuring sharable starter plates and main dishes. Expect the likes […]
Hot on the heels of the launch of its Clerkenwell site, Granger & Co has announced the arrival of its third London outpost – this time in the growing restaurant hub of King’s Cross. Aussie chef Bill Granger’s “chilled” and “appealing” diners fit the bill for a relaxed brunch according to our reporters, although the odd critic […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 4 June […]
Regent Street’s night-club-style Spanish rooftop operation aqua nueva reopens on Monday (15 June) with a new look and menu. The redesign was orchestrated by Robert Angell while head chef Alberto Hernandez has created a selection of small plates and Spanish dishes. The interior boasts intricate black and white mosaic floors, a copper-coloured vaulted ceiling (designed to imitate the […]
Spice Cream Parlour launches today (9 June) in “elegant” City Indian Cinnamon Kitchen’s bar Anise – serving frozen cocktails, boozy shakes, decadent ice cream sandwiches and fizzy kulfi pops. This Indian twist on an ice cream parlour will pop-up on the restaurant’s al-fresco terrace (in Devonshire Square) until the end of July. Choose from a […]
From the indomitable Jason Atherton stable comes a new wine shop offering counter and table service tapas, opening today (9 June). Probably this country’s most consistent celebrity chef – from Pollen Street Social to City Social – Atherton’s restaurants are always a safe bet for “flavour popping” cuisine and “incredibly attentive” service, as far as our 2015 survey reporters are […]
This summer, S.Pellegrino will partner with Theo Randall (he of Mayfair’s Intercontinental hotel) and Phil Howard – chef at expense accounter restaurant of choice The Square – to bring an Italian fine dining pop-up to London. Live in Italian, Live from London will fuse Italian and British cuisine for a three course menu served across two separate evenings in […]
Just weeks after taking on the mantle of executive chef at Strand Dining Rooms, Mark Sargeant had announced he will open his first solo London venture. The restaurateur (who runs Rocksalt and The Smokehouse in Kent) also consults on the menu at the Plum + Spilt Milk in King’s Cross’s Great Northern Hotel. Striking out […]
Famed late-night NYC hotspot Hotel Chantelle (popular with starlets and Hollywood types) will open its first international outpost in London, a stone’s throw from Selfridges. The restaurant will reportedly offer French-American fusion fare that combines ‘molecular gastronomy, comfort food and haute cuisine’. Sounds rather trend-chasing to us but perhaps they will be able to pull it off? […]
A new Vietnamese street food concept offering ‘Com Binh Dan’ (Working People Food) arrives in the Square Mile dishing up boxes of pho, banh mi and bun noodle salads to go for Moorgate office types. HOP, which comes to us from ex-City worker Paul Hopper, will open in Finsbury Avenue Square on 15 June. HOP (meaning […]
